Rufus' POV:

All of a sudden, all the color drained from Sylvia's face and her lips quivered as she pushed me away.

Startled, I sobered up completely. I hugged her from behind and murmured, "What's the matter, honey?"

To my surprise, Sylvia burst into tears.

I was so anxious that I tried to turn her around to look at her in the eyes, but she refused.

"You're scaring me, Sylvia. What's wrong?" I tried harder to turn her around, only to find that tears were streaming down her cheeks and her eyes were full of despair.

don't understand. Why is it still there?" Sylvia asked, choked with sobs. She grabbed

her tears away despite the anxiety gnawing at me. "Honey,

her head and

that she was too rattled to speak, I tried comforting her with kisses.

down. She wiped her tears with the back of her hand and felt a little embarrassed to look at

her chin and looked into her

and averted her gaze. I

do with me, doesn't it?"

Hearing this, Sylvia stiffened.

It seemed I had guessed it right. Sylvia was hiding something

day we left the border. I didn't think too much about that at the time. I just

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